Historical Collections Online
Search our Historical Collections Online, a sample of 10,000 artefacts from the National Museum of Ireland’s Historical, Military and Easter Week Collections, published as part of the Decade of Commemorations.
book / The Devil Amongst the Fenians
Booklet, ‘The Devil Amongst the Fenians’. Poetry. Cover missing.
proclamation / Importation of Arms and Ammunition into Ireland, 1881
Printed notice or proclamation on paper, regarding the Importation of Arms and Ammunition into Ireland as per the 'Peace Preservation (Ireland) Act, 1881' pertaining to laws taking effect from the 20th April 1881. Banning the importation of arms and ammunition except through the specified ports. ...
journal / Hue and Cry, 1867-72
Hue and Cry newspaper. Police Gazette. 17 copies, dating from between 1867 and 1872. Some Fenian related articles. Dates - 25 May 1866, 5 June 1866, 12 June 1866, 27 September 1872, 1 October 1872, 4 October 1872, 8 October 1872, 11 October 1872, 15 October 1872, 18 October 1872, 22 October 1872,...
news sheet / Royal Irish Constabulary, 1867
Royal Irish Constabulary official document. A return of the members of the Constabulary who were rewarded, dismissed, disrated and fined in the six months to the end of December 1867.
shell / Tricolour & Stars and Stripes
Artillery shell, black, with the Irish tricolour and American stars and stripes flags, crossed, over a sunburst, painted on one side. Possibly a Fenian or IRB commemoration piece.
Fenian bond / £100, 1866
Fenian bond. 100 dollar bond, of the Irish Republic, May 1866. Numbered '161' and '61'.
photograph album / James Stephens, Fenian, 1868
Fenian photograph, one of 45 contained in a photograph album. Photograph, with handwritten description and personal details of a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, or Fenian Brotherhood, arrested c. 1868. James Stevens, Principle of the Fenian Organisation. Photograph numbered 1. A...
photograph album / Denis Burke, Fenian, 1868
Fenian photograph, one of 45 contained in a photograph album. Photograph, with handwritten description and personal details of a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, or Fenian Brotherhood, arrested c. 1868. Denis Burke, married, late Colonel U.S. Volunteers, age 26. Height 5 foot 11 inches,...
photograph album / John Dunne, Fenian, 1868
Fenian photograph, one of 45 contained in a photograph album. Photograph, with handwritten description and personal details of a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, or Fenian Brotherhood, arrested c. 1868. John Dunne, single, late Lieutenant U.S Volunteers, age 26. Height 5 foot 7 ¼ inches,...
photograph album / Maurice Fitzharris, Fenian, 1868
Fenian photograph, one of 45 contained in a photograph album. Photograph, with handwritten description and personal details of a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, or Fenian Brotherhood, arrested c. 1868. Maurice Fitzharris, single, late Captain U.S. Volunteers, age 26. Height 5 foot 7...
photograph album / Bernard McDermott, Fenian, 1868
Fenian photograph, one of 45 contained in a photograph album. Photograph, with handwritten description and personal details of a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, or Fenian Brotherhood, arrested c. 1868. Bernard McDermott, single, a lithographer, late Captain U.S. Volunteers, age 24....
photograph album / John William Byron, Fenian, 1868
Fenian photograph, one of 45 contained in a photograph album. Photograph, with handwritten description and personal details of a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, or Fenian Brotherhood, arrested c. 1868. John William Byron, single, a soldiers American Republic 88th N.Y. Regiment, age 24....
photograph album / John Nelson, Fenian, 1868
Fenian photograph, one of 45 contained in a photograph album. Photograph, with handwritten description and personal details of a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, or Fenian Brotherhood, arrested c. 1868. John Nelson, single, a hatter, late soldier U.S. Army, age 24. Height 5 foot 10...
photograph album / Eneas J. Doherty, Fenian, 1868
Fenian photograph, one of 45 contained in a photograph album. Photograph, with handwritten description and personal details of a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, or Fenian Brotherhood, arrested c. 1868. Eneas J. Doherty, single, late Captain in Federal Army, age 24. Height 5 foot 7...
photograph album / Daniel Cornelius Moynihan, Fenian, 1868
Fenian photograph, one of 45 contained in a photograph album. Photograph, with handwritten description and personal details of a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, or Fenian Brotherhood, arrested c. 1868. Daniel Cornelius Moynihan, single, Major 2nd U.S. Infantry, age 22. Height 5 foot 9...
photograph album / Francis Nugent Cavanagh, Fenian, 1868
Fenian photograph, one of 45 contained in a photograph album. Photograph, with handwritten description and personal details of a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, or Fenian Brotherhood, arrested c. 1868. Francis Nugent Cavanagh, single, a book keeper, late 1st Lieutenant U.S. Volunteers...
photograph album / Edward McGuigan, Fenian, 1868
Fenian photograph, one of 45 contained in a photograph album. Photograph, with handwritten description and personal details of a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, or Fenian Brotherhood, arrested c. 1868. Edward McGuigan, single, Private soldier U.S. Army, age 22. Height 5 foot 5 inches,...
photograph album / Colonel Thomas J. Kelly, Fenian, 1868
Fenian photograph, one of 45 contained in a photograph album. Photograph, with handwritten description and personal details of a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, or Fenian Brotherhood, arrested c. 1868. Colonel Thomas J. Kelly. This man was arrested in Manchester for Fenianism, but was...
photograph album / Thomas Blackwell, Fenian, 1868
Fenian photograph, one of 45 contained in a photograph album. Photograph, with handwritten description and personal details of a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, or Fenian Brotherhood, arrested c. 1868. Thomas Blackwell, single, late soldiers U.S. Army, age 21. Height 5 foot 11 inches,...